Even if the pandemic had never happened James was going to have to take a massive haircut in his wages.
I would guess that he was going to drop 100k per week before and probably even more now.
It is an upmarket version of the problem we have with our highly paid players , who can afford to take them ?
I think that Bolasie and Sandro are reportedly on 100k per week or thereabouts, they will be very lucky if they get a new contract on half that.
James Rodriques is obviously a much better player, but then the number of clubs that he will be prepared to go to will be very limited.
If he is considering Everton(if we are chasing his signature) it is completely down to our manager.